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Bulacan is a (the capital), Meycauayan City and San Jose Del Monte City . Bulacan is located immediately north of Metro Manila . Bordering Bulacan are the provinces of Pampanga to the west, Nueva Ecija to the north, Aurora and Quezon to the east, and Rizal to the south. Bulacan also lies on the northern shore of Manila Bay . Bulacan figures prominently in Philippine History . Many national heroes and political figures were born in Bulacan. The province was also one of the first to revolt against Spain . Bulacan is most noted for being the capital of the First Philippine Republic in the now city of Malolos as well as its Malolos Constitution . DEMOGRAPHICS Population. According to the May 2000 Census , there are a total of 2,234,088 ''Bulaqueños'', making Bulacan the fourth most populous province in the country. It is also the fifth most densely populated province at 851 people per square kilometer. There are 463,886 households in the province with an average size of 4.81 persons, significantly lower than the national average of 4.99. Source: National Statistics Office Details may not add up to totals due to rounding. Languages. As it is part of the Tagalog cultural sphere (''Katagalugan''), Tagalog is the predominant language of Bulacan. Inhabitants also speak Kapampangan , which is the language of neighboring Pampanga . ECONOMY Industries. The province of Bulacan is steadily becoming Industrialized due to its proximity to Metro Manila . Many corporations put up industrial plants and site in Bulacan. Some of the industries include Leather Tanning , Cement bag making, Firework s manufacturing, Ceramic s, Textile s, food processing, and Shoe manufacturing. Agriculture. The rural areas still mostly depend on Agriculture as a source of income. Some of the major crops are Rice , Corn , Vegetable s, and Fruit s such as Mango es. Transportation. Bulacan is linked with Metro Manila primarily through the North Luzon Expressway , which crosses the province into Pampanga . GEOGRAPHY Bulacan is bounded by Nueva Ecija on the north, Aurora ( Dingalan ) on the northeast, Quezon ( General Nakar ) on the east, Rizal ( Rodriguez ) on the southeast, Metro Manila ( Valenzuela City and Caloocan City ) on the south, Manila Bay on the southwest, and Pampanga on the west, Several rivers irrigate the province of Bulacan; the largest one is that of Angat. Angat River passes through the towns of Angat, San Rafael, Baliuag, Plaridel (Quingua), and Calumpit. It flow thence into the Pampanga River , goes out again, washes Hagonoy and loses itself in the mangroves. The banks of these rivers are very fertile and are covered with trees. Political Bulacan is subdivided into 21 Municipalities and 3 Cities .
Physical Terrain. Bulacan lies in the southern portion of the fertile plains of Central Luzon. The area is drained by the Angat and Pampanga River s. The Sierra Madre mountain range forms the highlands of Bulacan in the east. Angat Lake , which was formed by the Angat Dam is located in that area. The highest point in the province at 1170 meters is Mount Oriol, part of the Sierra Madre. Climate. November to April is generally dry while wet for the rest of the year. The northeast Monsoon ('' Amihan '') prevails from October to January bringing in moderated and light Rain s. From February to April, the east trade winds predominate but the Sierra Madre (Philippines) mountain range to the east disrupts the winds resulting to a dry period. From May to September, the southwest monsoon ('' Habagat '') prevails and the period is characterized by numerous storms and Typhoons . The hottest month is May having an average temperature of 29.7°C while the coldest is February with an average temperature of 18.1°C. HISTORY Many historians disagree on where the name Bulacan came from: some say from the Kapampangan word ''burak'', because the place was swampy and muddy, while others say from the word ''bulak'', since the road to the capital town was once upon a time lined with rows of cotton trees. Another point of disagreement is the year it became a province: one document says 1578, but most other documents say Pampanga covered practically everything between Manila and Ilocos; even Tondo inhabitants spoke Kapampangan. Sun Star Pampanga: How Pampanga got smaller by Robby Tantingco In fact, many places in Bulacan bear (king is a preposition that means "in" or "at"); Quingua (now Plaridel ) (quingua or kingwa is a verb that means ''acquired''); Similarly, some folks believe that barrio Batasan (also in San Miguel) on the border with Candaba came from Batasan Pambansa, but it's actually the Kapampangan word for "shortcut"; Other places in Bulacan with Kapampangan names include barrios Kapitangan, Longos, Calumpang and Iba in Hagonoy ; Pinaod, Biclat and Makapilapil in San Ildefonso ; Mayumu, Ilug Bulo and Cabio in San Miguel; Masukol and Binakod in Paombong ; Dalig, Batin and Balagtas in Balagtas town; Penabatan and Inaon in Pulilan ; Taliptip and Bambang in Bulacan town; and Talaksan in San Rafael . Ibid The first Bulakeños were believed to be former fishermen off the coast of and adelantado Miguel Legazpi in 1571, Bulacan was reported to be well populated. The Spaniards organized the then existing barangays in Bulacan into pueblos (towns). The first pueblo established in Bulacan is the town of Calumpit . Calumpit was also the birthplace of Christianity in the province. Ibid. According to the Relación de encomiendas en las Islas Filipinas, which may be considered as the first census report of the Philippines prepared by Governor Gómez Pérez de Dasmariñas in 1591, there were 75,000 "souls"in "Pampanga, which included Bataán and Bulacán."Blair and Robertson, The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Vol. VIII, p. 96-141. The Arthur H. Clarke Company.; Census of the Philippines, 1903 Vol. I, p.421-423 In 1643, Petro Ladia, a "descendant" of Raja Matanda of Manila, aroused the people of Malolos against the Spaniards but his plans was foiled when it was discovered and prevented by Spanish authorities. He paid his life for his scheme.For the accounts of the attempted revolt, see Blair and Robertson, Vol.XXXVIII, p.98-99 During the years 1745 and 1746 there were agrarian revolts in several provinces near Manila, which included Bulacan, on account of occupations of Filipino lands by religious orders.Conrado Benitez. History of the Philippines, Ginn and Company, p. 275 In a royal decree of November 7, 1751, it noted that in the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Morong ( Rizal ) (especially in the towns of Hagonoy , Taguig , Parañaque , San Mateo, Bacoor , Cavite Viejo ( Kawit ), Silang , Imus , and Biñan the people revolted because the religious orders had usurped "the lands of the Indians, without leaving them the freedom of the rivers for their fishing, or allowing them to cut wood for their necessary use, or even to collect the wild fruits; nor did they allow the natives to pasture on the hills near their villages the carabaos which they used for agriculture.Blair and Robertson, Vol.XLVIII, p.33" Jean Baptiste Mallat described Bulacan in his accounts, "The Philippines"(published in 1846), as "one of the richest, best cultivated , happiest and cleanest {Link without Title} in the whole archipelago." According to him, Bulacan's major products were as follows: rice; corn; coconut, the oil of which is used for lighting and fuel; nipa; sugarcane; indigo which is made into liquid paste; a little cacao; coffee which is as good as that from Moka and of the same quality as that from Indan and Silang in the province of Cavite.Jean Mallat. Les Philippines; Histoire, Geographie, Mouers, Paris: Libraire de la Societe de Geographie, 1846 , p. 123(translated to English by the National Historical Institute, 1981) Mallat further described Bulacan's economic life during the 1840s: Trade is very abundant in this province: its connections with Manila, by sea as well as by land, facilitate development of trade. Inhabitants of the coasts engage in fishing; in the province are counted about 15 hundred looms of which are manufactured stripped cloths of silk and cotton, tapis, cambayas, sinamay. Shops are primarily kept by women. Moreover, Bulacan has a great number of beggars; it is not that they would lack work if they looked for it, but it seems that in the lower class, there are many lazy and indolent people.Ibid., p. 125 In 1848, the town of San Miguel was annexed to Bulacan from Pampanga . At the height of the Filipino-Spanish conflict in 1890s, Bulacan was one of the first eight provinces to take up arms against the Spaniards in 1896. However the first phase of the revolution ceased in 1897 with the signing of the Pact Of Biak-na-Bato in San Miguel. Under it terms the leaders were to go to Hong Kong and reside there. Under the illusory peace created by the Pact, the end of 1897 saw greater determination pm the part of the Filipinos to carry on the revolution. In early 1898, the provinces of Zambales, Ilocos, Pampanga, Bulacan, Laguna, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac. and Camarines rose again. In Central Luzon, a revolutionary government was organized under General Francisco Makabulos, a Bulakeño. By the middle of 1898, the second phase of the revolution broke out and culminated with the establishment of the First Philippine Republic . The Malolos Cathedral and the Barasoain Church became the executive headquarter of President Aguinaldo and the legislative headquarter of the Malolos Congress , respectively. In his book (published in 1899), George John Younghusband described the town of Malolos during the height of the Philippine-American War : In Malolos, we saw considerable numbers of Spanish prisoners, bare-headed, bare-footed, and in rags, performing all the most menial offices as domestic servants to individual natives or as public scavengers. Every railway station was guarded by insurgent troops, and every train at each station was carefully examined by them. Not even an American can travel without a passport, and the only safe and convenient nationality to assume is that of a British subject.Maj. George John Younghusband. The Philippines and Round About, New York: The MacMillan Company, 1899, p.p.77 The Americans established a local Philippine government in the Philippines when they held the first election in the country in the town of Baliuag, Bulacan on May 6 , 1899 . EDUCATION Bulacan is noted for its advanced methods in both secondary and tertiary education. The Bulakeño students excel in different academic disciplines that made the province of Bulacan among one of the best areas of teaching in the Philippines aside from Metro Manila. The province is home to several nationally recognized public and private educational institutions such as the Bulacan State University and Centro Escolar University . Secondary Education The following are the top ten secondary schools in Bulacan based on students' performance and teaching effectiveness. #Marcelo del Pilar National High School, City of Malolos† # San Miguel National High School , San Miguel de Mayumo #Mariano Ponce National High School, Baliuag #Pulong Buhangin National High School, Santa Maria #Meycauayan National High School, Meycauayan #Prenza National High School, Marilao #Calumpit National High School ''(formerly San Marcos High School)'', Calumpit #Obando National High School, Obando #Mayor Ramona Trillana Memorial High School, Hagonoy #Parada High School, Santa Maria †The City Schools Division of Malolos is separated from the Division of Bulacan Tertiary Education The following are the top colleges and universities in Bulacan: (In alphabetical order) #Baliuag University, Baliuag # Bulacan State University -Main Campus, City of Malolos #Bulacan State University, City of San Jose Del Monte # Centro Escolar University At Malolos , City of Malolos #Meycauayan College, Meycauayan # Norzagaray College , Norzagaray #Potytechnique University of the Philippines, Sta. Maria # Saint Mary's College Of Meycauayan , Meycauayan #University of Regina Carmeli, City of Malolos GOVERNMENT
Previous governors # Gregorio Del Pilar (1898-1899) # Isidiro Torres (1899) # Jose Serapio (1900-1901) # Pablo Tecson (1902-1906) # Teodoro Sandico (1906-1909) # Donato Teodoro (1910-1912) # Trinidad Icasiano (1912-1916) # Nicolas Buendia (1916-1919) # Juan Carlos (1919-1921) # Pio Valenzuela (1921-1925) # Restituto J. Castro (1925-1928) # Jose Padilla, Sr. (1928-1937) # Cirilo B. Santos (1931-1934) # Jacinto Molina (1938-1940) # Emilio Rustia (1941-1944) # Fortunato Halili (1948-1951) # Alejo Santos (1951-1957) # Tomas Martin (1958-1963) # Jose Villarama (1964-1967) # Ignacio Santiago (1968-1986) # Amado Pineda (1987-1988) # Roberto Pagdanganan (1989-1998) # Josefina Mendoza-dela Cruz (1998-2007) # Joselito "Jonjon" Mendoza (2007-''2010'') NOTABLE BULAKEñOS
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